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Early onset ectopia lentis due to a FBN1 mutation with non-penetrance.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2015
Zhang Li, Lai Yu-Hung, Capasso Jenina E, Han Stella, Levin Alex V
Abstract excerpt
Isolated ectopia lentis is usually autosomal dominant and commonly due to the mutations of FBN1 gene. We report on a family with ectopia lentis. The propositus is a 6-year-old boy with bilateral superior-temporal ectopia lentis. His echocardiogram was normal and he did not meet the revised Ghent criteria for Marfan syndrome. Molecular genetic testing revealed c.1948 C>T (p.Arg650Cys) in FBN1. The mother has...
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